[Year 12 IT Apps] OT: Moodle Help

[ken price]

Thanks Graham

Versions - are your two Moodle versions the same?
File sizes - are the POST and File Upload values set the same in Moodle and
in the php.ini files on both installs?

Something that may help re zip files (the format for Moodle course backups)

I've had  a bunch of zip files sent to me from a Mac user and when viewed in
a PC unzip program there is a bunch of "extra" mac-specific
metadata information. Humans can just ignore this, but maybe not Moodle. I'm
not sure if OSX adds this extra stuff to all zip files in its file system
even when created elsewhere, but if it does they may well be the source of
the problem. How you can test this I'm not sure, but there are numerous
programs that convert Mac zip files into PC zip files for compatability
reasons.   http://gotoes.org/ZipMacFilesForPC/index.htm<http://gotoes.org/ZipMacFilesForPC/index.htm>
and
http://www.yellowmug.com/yemuzip/ explain it a bit, though I guess the
easiest way is to see what a PC makes of your Moodle course zip files.
This is consistent with the problem: Macs would interpret the simpler PC
etc zip format, but not vice versa

kp



On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Gales, Graham W <
gales.graham.w at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Ken
>
> Thanks for the reply ...
>
> To clarify, the problem is "about two versions of Moodle, one on the Mac
> and one on the school network" i.e. I work on the course on my notebook at
> home (a local Moodle install) and then try to restore to the school's
> network Moodle.  I can restore materials from the school's Moodle to my
> local version but not vice versa.
>
> Graham Gales
> Bright P-12 College
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of ken price
> Sent: Mon 25/05/2009 4:42 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] OT: Moodle Help
>
> Hi Graham
>
> Can you clarify - when you said you "created a course on my Apple OSX
> notebook" are you creating it on a local Moodle install running on your
> Mac,
> or using your Mac to create it in your Moodle installation in your school?
>
> That is - is the problem in copying and restoring from/to the school Moodle
> when using a Mac, or is it about two versions of Moodle, one on the Mac and
> one on the school network?
>
>
> ken
>
> Oh yeah - Moodle has several places in which upload size is limited, but
> generally that becomes evident when you try to upload the ZIP file, not
> when
> actually restoring. We did have one case like yours, where a course manager
> included copies of the course itself in its own Files area as backups - the
> restore had to recursively unzip zips inside zips etc and ran out of RAM
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Gales, Graham W <
> gales.graham.w at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:
>
> > G'day all
> >
> >
> > I am seeking some help in using Moodle - in particular, the Backup/
> Restore
> > Function.
> >
> > I have created a course on my Apple OSX notebook, made a backup,
> > transferred the backup ZIP file to the school network and then asked to
> > restore it into the school Moodle.  All worked as expected except the
> > Restore.  The process started off correctly and then stopped midway.  No
> > files, etc are restored at all.  Several attempts were made.
> >
> > Conversely, a Backup/ Restore of a course from the School network onto my
> > notebook works perfectly.  A Backup/ Restore within the confines of the
> > network works perfectly.
> >
> > I do note that the size of the ZIP files on the OSX machine seems to be
> > larger than the Windows ZIP file size.
> >
> > I have checked the forums at Moodle.org but have not (as yet) located any
> > one with a similar problem or solution to such.
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion/ solution/ reference that could help me?
> >
> > In order to keep traffic on the list on-topic and not overloaded, please
> > reply to me personally -
> > gales.graham. at edumail.vic.gov.au
> >
> >
> >
> > Graham Gales
> > Bright P-12 College
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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